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Jon Ostrower
First flight of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental in photos
I'm back on the east coast after having wrapped up three trans-continental trips in ten days, so I'm catching my breath back here in DC. In the mean time, I've uploaded 239 photos from Sunday's 747-8I first flight festivities. It was an aviation geek's holiday that started with ZA001 performing touch-and-gos and missed approaches to runway 16R at Paine Field, RC001's T-33 formation departure, was followed by a Super Hornet at Boeing Field and twin 787 arrivals.
The weather could have been a bit warmer, but I was happy to trade warmth for blue skies, which provided an impressive backdrop for the 'Sunrise' colors. Say what you will about artificial lights in the factory, these colors love the sunlight. Carve out some time, there are a lot of photos to look through.
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